WEST NORRITON — Brett Harner is not quite sure how he did it, but he most definitely was trying to do it.

The “it” in question was a school-record, six-second pin the senior upper weight and the school’s all-time victories leader achieved Wednesday at Upper Merion.

The six-second stick eclipses the previous mark of seven held jointly by former Eagles heavyweight Miles Burrell, Marcus Robbins, another former Eagles heavyweight and Harner’s classmate Zach Fuentes, who collected his James Bond pin (007, right?) two seasons ago.

“I’ve been trying to get it this year,” Harner said, “and it’s kind of been a joke between me and Zach.

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“I didn’t even think I’d get a match (against Upper Merion), so when I did I tried to kind of bear hug him to his back. To tell you the truth, I don’t know what I did, it wasn’t a move, or anything. I pretty much jumped on him.”

Collecting quick sticks has become semi-serious business at Norristown, where head coach Mark Harner, Brett’s father, hands out team awards at the end of each wrestling season.

“They’re not a big deal, and the awards are just kind of tokens,” the coach said. “But we give awards for wins, pins, fastest fall and outstanding wrestler, which is for who goes the furthest in the postseason.

“The fastest pin is one that’s always up for grabs because anyone can get it at any time.”

And the Eagles do try and get it.

“Maybe it’s because everyone has an opportunity to get it, but there is competition to get it every year,” Brett Harner said. “It’s not taken that seriously, and it’s real good for the camaraderie between teammates.”

Coach Harner recalled when Fuentes earned his seven-second fall two seasons ago at the Husky Duals at Dieruff High School in Allentown.

“Brett had had a 10-second pin,” the coach recalled, and then Gavin (Queenan, then the Norristown heavyweight) got a 12-second fall at the Duals.

“Brett said to me, ‘Wow, he almost got me,’ and I told him to turn around, and there was Zach getting one in seven seconds.”

The original holder of the mark, Burrell, notched his seven-second pin in 1974, in a match against Upper Dublin.

“I didn’t even think about it, I just went out and wrestled,” said Burrell, the former Bishop Kenrick wrestling coach and current Norristown track and field head coach. “But I remember it like it was yesterday. (Upper Dublin) were bumping guys up, and they sent out some roly-poly kid for me.”

And in seven ticks of the clock Burrell had a school standard, which had only been matched just twice, until this past Wednesday.

“Hey, good for Brett,” Burrell said, “records are made to be broken. I’ll have to buy him a steak dinner.”

It’s not as if the mark was not fought for this year. So far this season, Harner and Rasheed Lusane had earned nine-second falls, while Mike Springer had one in eight ticks.

“At Norristown, we pride ourselves on not letting kids off their backs,” Coach Harner said.

And while Brett Harner is enjoying his brush with immortality, he has more on his mind than fast falls.

“Nothing really matters unless I win states,” he said.

“And now guys like (Springer) will have something to shoot for next year. And I know Mikey will be going for it.”